Hound Dog by Little Richard Song Details

On 1964, the song "Hound Dog" was released by Little Richard. The duration of This song is about two minutes long, specifically at 2:18. This song does not appear to have any foul language. Hound Dog's duration is considered a little bit shorter than the average duration of a typical track. The track order of this song in Little Richard's "Little Richard Is Back (And There's A Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On!)" album is number 5 out of 14. On top of that, United States appears to be the country where this track was created. In terms of popularity, Hound Dog is currently not that popular. The overall mood can be danceable to some, especially with it's high amount of postive energy.

BPM and Tempo

We consider the tempo marking of Hound Dog by Little Richard to be Andante (at a walking pace) because the track has a tempo of 91 BPM, a half-time of 46BPM, and a double-time of 182 BPM. Based on that, the speed of the song's tempo is slow. Activities such as, yoga or pilates, can go well with this song. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

This song is in the music key of C Major. This also means that this song has a camelot key of 8B. So, the perfect camelot match for 8B would be either 8B or 9A. While, 9B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 5B and a high energy boost can either be 10B or 3B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 8A or 7B will give you a low energy drop, 11B would be a moderate one, and 6B or 1B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 5A allows you to change the mood.

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